netdev - Re: [PATCH net] ipv4: lock mtu in fnhe when received PMTU < net.ipv4.route.min

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Date:   Mon, 12 Mar 2018 12:27:40 -0400 (EDT)
From:   David Miller <davem@...emloft.net>
To:     sd@...asysnail.net
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, sbrivio@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH net] ipv4: lock mtu in fnhe when received PMTU <
 net.ipv4.route.min_pmtu

From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:05:28 +0100

> 2018-03-09, 16:06:19 -0500, David Miller wrote:
>> From: Sabrina Dubroca <sd@...asysnail.net>
>> Date: Fri,  9 Mar 2018 17:43:21 +0100
>> 
>> I think if you just choose an unused RTCF_* bit (f.e. 0x02000000) for
>> the state, you can use that because values propagate into the
>> rtable->rt_flags, and do not propagate out.  So you should be able to
>> use it in this way privately inside the kernel.
> 
> What about a bitfield?
> 
> -	u32			rt_pmtu;
> +	u32			rt_mtu_locked:1,
> +				rt_pmtu:31;

I guess that's fine.